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White Fudge Peppermint Oreo Granola

Easy homemade granola made with Oreos and full of peppermint flavor.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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White Fudge Peppermint Oreo Granola

Why it works: Rice and peppermint work together. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 433 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

White Fudge Peppermint Oreo Granola

Serves 4
Prep5 min
Cook35 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

575Calories
10 gProtein
14 gFat
102 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 7 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Oat1/2 cup dry (40g)154
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Peppermintnot in our table0
Fudgenot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By tastykitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Rice + pepperminttop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together433 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  2. Oats + ricetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together349 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  3. Honey + oatstop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together634 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  4. Butter + oatstop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,939 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  5. Butter + honeytop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,327 recipes

    Shared aroma: anethole (sweet, anise).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the peppermint

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, sugar, honey, oats, rice):

  1. Cinnamonfits better
  2. Gingerfits better
  3. Nutmegfits better
  4. Peppermintthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, sugar, honey, oats, rice. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.